Dental lip-holder



(No Model.)

A. GARNER.

DENTAL LIP HOLDER. No. 323,578. Patented Aug. 4, 1885 l/Vj 1 2155555. I 21 VEZLLZZCI'Z UNITED STATES nrrnnr l hlCEO AMAZIAH GARNER, OF LYNGHBURG, OHIO.

DENTAL LIP-HOLDER.

EPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 323,573, dated August; 1885.

Application filed May 12, 1885. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AMAZIAII GARNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lynchburg, in the county of Highland and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dental Lip-Holders; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appcrtains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improved device for dentists use, and is intended to obviate the necessity of the operator putting his fingers in the patients mouthwhen taking impressions, filling teeth, 8:0.

The drawing represents a perspective view of my improved device, which consists of the thimble or ring 0 and the lipsupporting plate A, the latter being formed of a plate, preferably of thin metal, bent in the direction of its length concavo-convex form, to tit the lip of the patient. Said plate is provided with an extension or car, A, projecting from one of its sides.

The lip-plate, constructed as described, is

- secured to a ring or thimble, C, by a rivet or pin, a, in such a manner as to allow the plateto have a free rotary movement around such pivot, in order that the plate may accommodate itself to the position of the lip, and bear with an equal pressure on the same throughout its length independent of the position of its supporting ring or thimble.

To provide a firm support or bed for the pivot, and prevent the latter extending into the interior of the thimble and lacerating the finger, a block or holder, 13, is interposed between the thimble and the lip plate, to which the latter is pivotally secured.

I am aware that a lip-plate constructed as proposed by me is old, and also that the same has been pivoted to the end of a handle, and do not claim such as my invention, for in manipulating the same it has been found that it requires the entire use of one hand to hold the plate and govern the movements of the same, thus leaving the operator with the free use of only one hand. By my construction the ring or thimble, with its plate, is secured to a' single finger, thus leaving the others free to assist in the operations, which, ordinarily, cannot be performed by a single hand.

It will be understood that the ring or thimble, in practice, will be made of various sizes to suit fingers of varying thicknesses, and also that the lip-plate may be attached directly to the ring or thimble without the interposing bloclz, although the latter is preferred.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A dental lip-holder consisting of the following elements in combination: a concavoconvex-shaped plate having a lateral extension, a ring or thimble, and a block attached to one side of the thimble, and pivotally supporting the plate, the parts being constructed, arranged, and operating substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

AMAZIAH GARNER.

lVitnesses:

PERRY Wnrrnonn, R. XV. Roe-Ens. 

